JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

Question 1

Interaction with Chinese Han Dynasty

Answer 1

Yayoi Period

Question 2

Period of burial mounds

Answer 2

Kofun Period

Question 3

Burial mounds

Answer 3

Tumuli

Question 4

Describe a period in the history of Japanese fine arts and architecture

Answer 4

Asuka Period

Question 5

Places of worship and the dwellings of kami (shinto gods)

Answer 5

Shinto Shrines

Question 6

Stone dogs which faces each other at the entrance to shrines

Answer 6

Komainu

Question 7

Dog always has its mouth open

Answer 7

A

Question 8

Dogs who’s mouth is closed

Answer 8

Un

Question 9

Division of everyday world and divine world

Answer 9

Torii

Question 10

Pavilion near the main hall w/ water and ladies; people come here to wash their hands and rinse their mouth

Answer 10

Chozuya

Question 11

Main sanctuary

Answer 11

Toshogu Shrine

Question 12

Japanese main worship hall

Answer 12

Kondo

Question 13

Five stories represents the five elements

Answer 13

Earth
Water
Fire
Wind
Sky

Question 14

Important centre of Buddhist worship in Japan

Answer 14

Nara Period

Question 15

Large statues of Buddha

Answer 15

Daibutsu

Question 16

Secondary halls

Answer 16

Hokke do

Question 17

Treasure house that belongs to Todai ji

Answer 17

Shoso in

Question 18

Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples

Answer 18

Kofuku ji

Question 19

Style was characterized by symmetrical builds placed as arms that defined an inner garden

Answer 19

Shinden Zukuri

Question 20

Registered as part of UNESCO world Heritage Site “Historic monuments of ancient Kyoto”

Answer 20

Byodo in

Question 21

Japanese religious architectural style; one of the three most significant styles developed by Japanese buddhism

Answer 21

Daibutsuyo

Question 22

Japanese Buddhist architectural style derived from Chinese Song Dynasty

Answer 22

Zenshuyo

Question 23

Style of houses built for military families

Answer 23

Buke- zukuri

Question 24

Run by Japanese Political Power

Answer 24

Samurai

Question 25

Japanese tea rooms

Answer 25

Chashitsu

Question 26

Dry garden

Answer 26

Karesansui

Question 27

Men who built castles as symbols of their power

Answer 27

Oda Nobunaga | Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Question 28

Japanese central tower

Answer 28

Tenshu

Question 29

Loophole; various devices were used to make the castle more secure against the attacker

Answer 29

Jugan

Question 30

Special chamber built out over the wall of the castle

Answer 30

Ishiotoshi

Question 31

Period brought back a lot of classic Japanese architecture

Answer 31

EDO Period

Question 32

Narrow plots abutting the street; often with a workshop or shop on the ground floor

Answer 32

Machiya

Question 33

Japan’s most important large scale cultural treasures

Answer 33

Katsura Imperial Villa

Question 34

Japan’s first western style skyscraper

Answer 34

Ryounkaku

Question 35

Japanese carpenters developed a pseudo Japanese style called _____

Answer 35

Giyofu

Question 36

Japanese architect and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for Architecture

Answer 36

Kenzo Tange

Question 37

Self taugt architect categorized as critical regionalism

Answer 37

Tadao Ando

Question 38

Japanese corridor

Answer 38

Engawa

Question 39

Japanese receiving area

Answer 39

Tokonama

Question 40

Japanese foyer

Answer 40

Genkan

Question 41

Japanese shutters

Answer 41

Amado

Question 42

Japanese floor

Answer 42

Tatami mats

Question 43

Japanese bath

Answer 43

Ofuro

Question 44

Japanese called for cooking/heating

Answer 44

Irori

Question 45

Japanese blinds

Answer 45

Sudare